Products of DATALAN, a.s. (4)

IIT – Inspection of Internal Threads

LightThru – Broken Core Inspection

OMS – Open Measurement System

Surface Inspection

DATALAN Quality Instruments is a global supplier of automated quality inspection systems. We focus on development of custom innovative applications of measurement, inspection and monitoring in high volume serial products processes. Our solutions provide 100% process inspection, full guarantee of quality control systems and enhance the capabilities of production monitoring. We supply solutions integrated directly to the production process or production line without any technology or hardware solutions. Based in Slovakia our team of technology experts provide solutions all over the world – from Europe all the way to China and Mexico.

More flexibility for your control. DATALAN Quality Instruments provides tailor-made solutions designed to control the quality of production in manufacturing process. Our main domain is data and information processing. Based on a principle of a modular system, you can easily select the particular part of product quality control, the technology for precise monitoring and evaluation. As one the few suppliers in the world – we deliver integrated solutions for all areas of automated quality control. Each measuring system is a set of sensors, cameras, detection and measurement devices that generate data. This data needs to be evaluated and processed so that the system can reliably evaluate the quality of production. Our solutions are fully flexible to your specific needs of controlling quality and can be integrated directly to production process or line.

IIT – Inspection of Internal Threads

Many manufacturers, especially suppliers for automotive industry put great emphasis on 100% quality control of internal threads and holes in critical parts. It is a commitment to supply high quality products to their customers in first place. Right inspection can also determine optimal intervals of tools replacement and also reveal miscellaneous production process instabilities.

Quick and reliable inspection system
Quality of manufactured parts for automotive industry is key for success in the business. Even a simple thing such as thread can negatively influence the production process if it is not made properly.
If it is the assembly process of the robustness of the joint that it provides, reliable inspection of threads is a must for critical components in automotive industry such as engine castings, wheel
bearings and other. Moreover, understanding the real parameters of each production process is a key to control it. IIT is the best system giving you all of this in a single package.

LightThru – Broken Core Inspection

Manufacturing aluminum castings with inner cores has various pitfalls. A sand core inserted into the mold is very fragile and can be damaged either when handled or in the actual casting. Also, when the final product is de-cored, a portion of the core can be left inside. All of these defects may have disastrous consequences for the final product.

LightThru is a system primarily intended for the manufacture of cylinder heads and engine blocks, where production takes place through conventional aluminum alloy gravity casting in semi-permanent
sand core molds. The sand core sometimes breaks or is otherwise damaged, and the cavity becomes completely or partially blocked after the core is removed. Because the channel no longer works properly, it can, and usually does, adversely affect the engine’s life and performance. In addition, detected core remnants and chips captured after machining reduces the risk of complaints about engine operation or of car accidents caused by the problem not having been caught before assembly.

Advantages and Benefits

100% automated inspection of production;

Very short inspection cycle times;

Inspection of branched ducts in a casting;

Localizing the defect within a casting;

Greater range of inspection in the casting compared with conventional solutions;

Reduced investment costs when integrating multiple measurements in one facility.

OMS – Open Measurement System

In the engineering industry, manufacturers are forced to produce castings of complicated shapes with very thin walls in order to improve performance and reduce weight. And demands for the accuracy of such products are growing. High reliability and accuracy requirements become even higher for the measuring devices used in this field. What is now important is whether the device is reproducible and is able to take stable measurements in different operating conditions.

Complex 3D measurement of products
The OMS system is designed for precise measurements of aluminum castings, and other complicated shaped, molded products. The system is designed to 100% control the production process and replaces expensive and slow CMMs (coordinate measuring machines). The main principle behind OMS is to take accurate measurements of reference points and areas using the Cartesian coordinate system [X, Y, Z]. Due to the nature of production, our devices are able to check continually vast quantities of products with the high availability required, even in severe operating conditions; therefore, great emphasis is placed on the mechanical construction of the measuring device itself.

Surface Inspection

Checking for surface defects is an important component of measuring product quality characteristics. Increased productivity leads to accelerated production processes and so production technology is used to the edge of its effectiveness, significantly increasing the risk of a nonconforming product.

Quickly and sharply look at each piece of surface
Surface defects are a very specific phenomenon. Despite the apparent harmlessness, they can have a significant negative impact on a product’s functional characteristics, or leave the impression
that an end customer’s operations are malfunctioning. Rotating parts are particularly very sensitive to surface defects.
Detecting surface defects is one of the most demanding inspections encountered, so special optical and lighting systems are utilized to detect them. High speed and inspection resolution are the main requirements. Often, the goal is to detect very small surface defects measuring tens of microns. Some surface defects can only be detected by a change in the relief. Here, direct or hybrid 3D technology is used (laser scanning, collimated illumination, and Shape-from-Shading).